As a tooling engineer on the Facebook/Oculus tooling team you will help develop tooling & production processes through hands on collaboration with Product Design, Manufacturing, and Quality Assurance while playing a crucial role in research, planning, costing, and execution of future products.
Tooling Engineer Responsibilities:
- Assist in the design and development of new plastic injection mold tooling to meet strict part and assembled device requirements
- Collaborate with product designers to improve the manufacturing feasibility of plastic, rubber and metal parts using your extensive tooling experience as well as industry best practices
- Collaborate with tooling suppliers in the design, manufacturing and qualification of world class tooling, as well as supporting molding process development
- Collaborate with our cross functional team in the selection of materials to meet performance, dimensional and cosmetic requirements
- Ongoing cooperation with our tooling suppliers to continuously improve tooling designs, tool manufacturing techniques and molding processes based on optimization trials, and DOE results to guide informed decisions
- Provide guidance in the selection of machinery and equipment to improve the performance and consistency of our suppliers
- Identify disruptive technologies in all phases of tool design, tool manufacturing and part creation, and work to implement them into mass production
- Experience with a wide range of molding techniques including insert molding, 2 shot molding, metal injection molding, die casting, transfer molding, liquid silicon molding and thermoforming
- Travel (Up to 50%) to vendor sites to help drive tool and part optimization
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- On the ground factory experience working with overseas vendors
- Bachelors degree in Engineering (Plastics, Materials, Mechanical, Process) or equivalent industry experience
- Minimum of 7 years experience in the plastic injection molding industry
- Previous experience with designing and/or manufacturing tooling for high volume, tight tolerance consumer electronics products or similar
- Understanding of SPC, DOE, GD&T principles
- Experience with 3D CAD design software, FEA and mold filling simulation software
- Experience with a variety of commodity and engineering grade thermoplastic and thermoset resins
- Experience with post molding operations including but not limited to CNC machining, plastic coatings, ultra sonic welding, silk screening and heat staking
- Experience working with all types of hot runner systems as well as the associated troubleshooting of these systems
- Knowledge in metal part fabrication methods (die-casting, stamping, forging)
- Organizational skills and related software experience (Excel, Powerpoint, etc) to allow for project tracking and presentations as needed
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.